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The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.

Mencius

The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.
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Heart Learning Seek
Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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Character Eyes Hide Men Word
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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Leadership Men Spirituality
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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Flow Human Nature Water
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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Friendship God
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.
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Character Friendship Men
There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.
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Artist Job Power
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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Capability Greatness Inspirational
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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Greatness Sincere
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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Lost Mindset Way
All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
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Deep Desire People Philosophy
He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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Heart Heaven Philosophy
To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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Freedom Men Pet
A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong.
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Country Greatness Strong Weakness
One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Believe Book
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Hate Men

The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.

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The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.

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